who is the most high profile british boxer of last 15 yrs?
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adamheight
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who is the most high profile british boxer of last 15 yrs?
contenders are probably naz, eubank, bruno, lewis, benn, joe and hatton
as far as pure household names go...like little old ladies with no tv's still knowing etc.
id say its gotta be frank.
as far as pure household names go...like little old ladies with no tv's still knowing etc.
id say its gotta be frank.
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Good question. I would say Lewis, followed by Naz. Also depends on whether you mean high profile on a world scale, or just in Britain. Bruno was probably the most popular British household name.
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adamheight
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Re: who is the most high profile british boxer of last 15 yrs?
i guess i mean bothjohnswan1 wrote:Good question. I would say Lewis, followed by Naz. Also depends on whether you mean high profile on a world scale, or just in Britain. Bruno was probably the most popular British household name.
world would probably be lennox
britain alone bruno or hamed?
i dont live in britain anymore but if hameds getting his own TV show then hes gotta be pretty damn big?
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If it's worldwide, it has to be Lewis. Britain would have to be Bruno.
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#adamheight wrote:i guess i mean bothjohnswan1 wrote:Good question. I would say Lewis, followed by Naz. Also depends on whether you mean high profile on a world scale, or just in Britain. Bruno was probably the most popular British household name.
world would probably be lennox
britain alone bruno or hamed?
i dont live in britain anymore but if hameds getting his own TV show then hes gotta be pretty damn big?
Hes fat, yeah. As for TV show? never heard that one.
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Re: who is the most high profile british boxer of last 15 yrs?
shit sorry meant hatton not hamed!! sorryMatthewS wrote:#adamheight wrote:i guess i mean bothjohnswan1 wrote:Good question. I would say Lewis, followed by Naz. Also depends on whether you mean high profile on a world scale, or just in Britain. Bruno was probably the most popular British household name.
world would probably be lennox
britain alone bruno or hamed?
i dont live in britain anymore but if hameds getting his own TV show then hes gotta be pretty damn big?
Hes fat, yeah. As for TV show? never heard that one.
as for hamed i heard he sleeps till noon then plays snooker every evening
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The show is only on NutsTV, hardly mainstream is it?
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Re: who is the most high profile british boxer of last 15 yrs?
theres no way lewis was more famous than frank
someone earlier mentioned the 'granny' factor
frank was a household name in britain
lewis..no way
someone earlier mentioned the 'granny' factor
frank was a household name in britain
lewis..no way
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Re: who is the most high profile british boxer of last 15 yrs?
On the World scale its definitely Lewis.funso banjo baby wrote:theres no way lewis was more famous than frank
someone earlier mentioned the 'granny' factor
frank was a household name in britain
lewis..no way
I think terrestrial TV could have done wonders for Hatton though.
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Re: who is the most high profile british boxer of last 15 yrs?
Naz - no doubt IMO
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Re: who is the most high profile british boxer of last 15 yrs?
I'd think Bruno, he was a national treasure at one point.
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Re: who is the most high profile british boxer of last 15 yrs?
id say bruno by a long way but calzaghe and hatton fighting for 2nd
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Calzaghe and Hatton? No chance. I remember whenever Naz fought every pub with a TV was packed out with people watching.damianhucker1 wrote:id say bruno by a long way but calzaghe and hatton fighting for 2nd
And that was in Ireland.
The Hatton-Mayweather fight was huge though. The media gave it far more coverage than the Tszyu fight, or any other I remember in recent years.
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World wide - Lewis, Naz.
UK - Bruno, Eubank, Lewis/Naz around the same.
UK - Bruno, Eubank, Lewis/Naz around the same.
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adamheight wrote: as for hamed i heard he sleeps till noon then plays snooker every evening
Amazing! Love it, Hamed doesn't have to do fook all for the rest of his days if he doesnt want to.
Hes not a total retard like Eubank either, so hes not going to squander every last penny and end up broke (i assume)
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If he starts driving round to Downing Street in a massive Peterbilt truck then we should start worryingoverhand_right wrote:adamheight wrote: as for hamed i heard he sleeps till noon then plays snooker every evening
Amazing! Love it, Hamed doesn't have to do fook all for the rest of his days if he doesnt want to.
Hes not a total retard like Eubank either, so hes not going to squander every last penny and end up broke (i assume)
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If Hamed is driving around Downing street in a huge truck - then I would really be worrying. Although, squash the polititions isn't such a bad idea I guess.
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I think Eubank, Hamed second
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apparently he and his brothers own a fair bit of real estate in sheffield so he should be okay financially for the rest of his days!...overhand_right wrote:adamheight wrote: as for hamed i heard he sleeps till noon then plays snooker every evening
Amazing! Love it, Hamed doesn't have to do fook all for the rest of his days if he doesnt want to.
Hes not a total retard like Eubank either, so hes not going to squander every last penny and end up broke (i assume)
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Am i mistaken, or didn't one of Hamed's brothers clear off abroad ?
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Lewis, Naz, Bruno and Eubank. There's no more than these.